Indicator.



C. BMSHEIMER.

INnmAToR y APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1909. 970,200. Patented Sept 13, 1910.

W/T/VESSES ATTORNEYS following is a. full, ip ti'n. j el e'sto indicators for -a elderly to inlity offseparate QpeCisl' 1sig'niifcance, he singly lto the/accompanyindicator; Fig. the line 3 3 of de elevation of the ditrg showing a de- .'infore'detailed exetion,- itshould' be bilefthe .indicator 'in dierent orl'ajtion through nfeonnectionwith bles,4 fire apparatus 05 toiive warning of heft; 'ange in the elii'cle bedr-ingthe indithe advantaes inci- -:rn-indicator of t'is kind "ert-icuf .fly greatin city traic, or when lnrgefnuinbersof vehicles are crowded ther? 4 It isxoften" im l ssible to bring a uiting-vehicle to 'a ha t with such ra 1dy,to'- avoid running into a prece mg lights. Orithe like-it OFFICE.

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that the vehicle is about to turn to the left, A

other signals having other meanings, can of course be also employed, and I do not wish to linut-myself to this or other details of construction. 'It-will be understood that 'these details form no part of the invention,

l jandf can be varied in accordance with indi- 'vidual ypreference and special conditions, -W-ithout departing from the underlying spirit of' 'my invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings,.1 have shown for example, a support 10, consists of a part of a vehicle chassis orthe like. I employ e signal casing 11, preferably of inverted T-form and fash- 'ioned from sheet metal o1' the like. The casing has associated therewith a back 12 I movably secured thereto by means of hin es `13. The back has at the extremities, o set .carriers 14 mounted in position by means of screws 15 or the like, and serving to secure the indicator in place, being mounted on threaded'stems 16, and seating upon collars 17 of the stems. Butteriy nuts 18 serve to lock the carriers in position. The casing has two alined parts 19 and at right angles thereto an outward] extending part 20. The latter has a rigi ing 21 provided with a slot or recess 22 adapted to receive a threaded locking member 24 pivotally mounted upon an arm 25 rigid with the back. A lock nut 26 is carried by the member 24 and serves to secure the casing and the back to ether, as is shown most clearly in Fig. 4. ositioned within the casing, between the parts 19 and 2G thereof, is a lamp socket member 27 having preferably three lamp sockets 28 each of which is directed toward one of the parts of the casing and is adapted to receive a. suitable incandescent light- 29.

The lamps extend longitudinally of the casing parts and constitute the signals. The casin at the front, has an inwardly dispose rim 30 by means of which transparent lates 31 'and 32 are mounted in position.

hese plates ma consist of glass or other suitable materia The plate 32, which is l oeatedginvthe part 2O of the casing, is Pref' l ably'red, and with the 1i ht, constitutes l .lt-Stop signal. The bac of the casing within the part 20, if so desired, may be provided with a suitable reflecting surface, such Aas a coat of white amt. The glass 31 'isprferably not color so that the result- .ing light is white, when the lamps there -under are illumined. If so desired, the

gla Blaround the edges and over the lamp Asocket member, may he obscured or clouded, for example, by a coating of black amt 33.-

I employ partitions 34 at the end o the cas ing parts 19, to prevent ,rellected light from entering whenthe respective lamps therein are not lighted.

A conductor 35, fastened to the lamp socket member by a set-screw 36 or in any other suitable manner, serves to connect the same with a suitable source of electrical su ply. Conductors 37 are connected with t e respective lamp sockets by means of setscrews 38 or the like and terminating at a switch 39. The switch may be of any suitable form, and preferably has a contact mounting plate 40 of insulating material and a cover 41, of like material, having openings 42 through which push-buttons 43 proJect.

-Contacts 44 are mounted within the switch and have the conductors 37 secured thereto by suitable screws 45 or the like. One of the contacts has laterally extended arms 46 over which extend two contact-making members 47 each carrying one of the push-buttons 43. The members 47 are offset and are fashioned from normally resilient material so that they are held out of engagement with the contacts 44. A further contact-making member 48 connected with the members 47 by a transverse strip 49, carries the remaining push-buttons 43, and like the members 47, is olset so that it is held out of engagement with the remainin contact 44. A conv ductor 50 connects the t ree members 47 and 48 with the source of electrical supply.

The ar ment of the switch-bar is such that when t e member 48 is operated by means of its push-button, to actuate its con.

' tact 44,' current flows through the lamp 29 in the part 20 of the casing, and this lamp mes operative to give a sivnal that the vehicle is about to stop, the other lamps of course, remaining inoperative. The resultin signal is of course, the flashing of a red lig'it. lVhen one or the other ot the buttons 43 is pressed, the corresponding member 47 engages not only its contact 44, but an arm 46 as well, so that current flows to the lamp 29 in the part 2.0 of the casing, and as well, to the lamp in a part 19 of the casing corres onding to the button 43. Thus, if the river of the vehicle intends to signal that the vehicle is about to turn in one direction or the other the corresponding Right or Left light is lighted, and at the same time the red Stop signal is given, so that the attention of the driver of a following vehicle is almost certainly called thereto.

flhc switch is of course mounted in any suitable place, preferably adjacent to the drivers seat, and is provided with lugs 5l or other suitable means for securing it in place. The three buttons 43 of the switch are triangularly positioned to correspond to the position of the signal lights, so that the driver will have no difficulty in identifying the proper buttons when he desires to give a certain si al.

I laving us described my invention, I clalm as new, and desire -to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A casing having horizontal and alincd portions and a vertical central portion, the front and back being parallel, the back being hinged and the front having transparent material therein, the transparent material of the vertical portion being a different color from that of the other portions, the casing being provided with vertical partitions at the inner ends of the horizontal portions, anelectric light in each port-ion of the casing, and a switch, whereby the light in the vertical portion of the casing may be lighted alone, or it and either of the other lights lighted.

2. Acasing having horizontal and alined portions and a vertical central ortion, the front and back being parallel, t e back being hinged and the front having transparent material therein, the transparent material of the vertical portion being a differ ent color from that of the other portions, the casing being provided with vertical partitions at the inner ends of the horizontal portions, an electric lam bracket carried by the hinged back, incan escent lamps carried by the bracket and projecting into the portions of the casing, and means for controlling the lamps.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence lVitnesses:

JOHN K. BRAonvocEi., Pmmr D. RonLHAUs. 

